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Generally in the posts so far we have only been using heading 3-heading 6
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This is heading4
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This is regular paragragh text
Change the type of font in the paragraph box.
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SHORTCODES
To stylize the post with shortcodes, press this wheel button. You can find the option to add dropcaps here.
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hen you press this button it will add the code. Just make sure the letter to use as a drop cap is inside the code in place of the periods. Use dropcap set to normal.
GRID SETTINGS
Located at the top of the post box.(You must toggle the gear wheel). Then go to grid examples and choose the type you want. For 2 side by side columns you choose 1/2 – 1/2
This will insert the shortcode:
Replace the “…” with the content you want in each column. Dont forget to set the size of the image.(See the first image of the Images section below.)
Finished product:
SIDEBAR
Select sidebar type in sidebar option box located below post box. Sidebar right, left, or none. We are currently using sidebar on right.
LAYOUT SETTINGS
Located below the sidebar option box below the post box. We are currently using the “modern” setting which uses the feature image as the main image on top of the post page.
FEATURE IMAGE
Located on the bottom right. Please only use high res images for this. Absolute minimum 1080 wide, ideally around 1920 wide or bigger. Feature Image will be the image that shows on the blog feed above the excerpt.
CATEGORIES
Located on right sidebar. Make sure to select a cat to have it show up on the respective category pages.
TAGS
Located on bottom of right sidebar. Add any tags you might be relevant here. Viewer can click those tags and everything posted with that tag will show up dynamically.
IMAGES
Click “Add media” to add images or video. Make sure your cursor is in the position you want the image/video to be placed in. From there you can also adjust the size the image is displayed, alignment, and whether it is linked to a URL link.
If the image is already in the post you can still edit it by clicking on it. Press the pencil button to adjust size,add link, change alignment.
VIDEO
Located on the right sidebar and then on the bottom of the page. You must first select video format on the right sidebar for the video field to be visible.
PUBLISH
Located on the top right of the post page. You can change the date the post was published here. You can also change whether it is a draft, unpublished, etc.
You can also edit this from the “all posts” page under the post tab on the left of the dashboard.
From there you can edit it by pressing “quick edit”. Edit it on the “date” section.
DUPLICATE POST
You can clone the entire post by clicking clone under the post name.
You can also copy and paste the content manually if you go to the post page of the post you want to edit, then click on the “text” view on the right side of the post box.
Select all the content and press ctrl(command on mac) + C to copy everything. (If you do this on the “visual” tab instead of the “text” tab, you may lose some of the formatting, pictures, etc.)
Create a new post and click on the text tab. Paste the content you copied by pressing ctrl(command on mac) + V. You can then switch back to the visual tab and edit from there.
IMAGE GALLERY
There are a few ways to add an image gallery into your post.
• To use the standard way, go to the format box on the right sidebar and click gallery. A gallery settings box will now show below the post box. Choose your images and settings here. This will create the gallery automatically.
• For a gallery with added functionality, click the green “add gallery” button next to the add media button. Or click the green box on the tool bar.
Go to the “customize the display settings” tab to adjust how many columns the grid will be and its size.
Make sure to click the “insert displayed gallery” button to have it inserted into the post.
Add images on the “add/gallery images” tab.
AFFILIATE MARKETING
*IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have an ad blocker, it must be disabled for you to see the amazon affiliate ads.
There are 3 main places you can ad affiliate ads.
- in the sidebar
- in other widget areas outside of the sidebar
- in a post
First I will review how to get the code. Afterwards I will review where to place it.
HOW TO GET THE CODE (for product links)
-sign into your amazon affiliates account, click on product linking => product links
Here you can search for products by keywords. (“Travel” for example).
When you find an item you would like you to use, click the “get link” button. You will then be able to choose what type of ad to use. Text and image, just text, or just image.
After you select the options you want and choose what type of ad you want, you can scroll down to see the code. Press the highlight code button then press ctrl+c (command+c on mac) to copy the code. Paste the code in the corresponding section you want.( skip to “adding the code” section for info)
HOW TO GET THE CODE (for banner ads)
Click on product linking => banners.
Choose whatever category of ad you would like.
It will then give you different size options. Go to the size you want. Click on the JS (this is responsive) option. Click the “highlight html” button and press ctrl+c (command+c on a mac) to copy the code. Paste it in the corresponding area you want. ( skip to “adding the code” section for info)
HOW TO GET THE CODE (for native shopping ads)
Native shopping ads are smart ads. They are responsive show different amount of ads depending on the space allotted to them. There are 3 types.
- Recommendation ads – these are based off categories you select that are relevant to your content. Unfortunately I dont see a travel category so you may have to use one of the next two types.
- Search ads – ads you can display based off of specific searches. For example, a search for “travel planners” will give you the code to display the results for travel planners.
- Custom ads – these are similar to search ads but you can select specific products individually.
Grid format will show the products with images and text.
List format will give you the code to display the products as just text in a list format.
For this example I will show you a search ad.
Click on Product linking => Native shopping ads
Click on the “Create ad unit” button then select “search ads”
Choose “grid” or “list” then type what you would like to search for in the search term box and press the enter/return key.
You will now see the results of your search which is your preview for your ads. The code will be generated below. Press the “highlight ad code” button and press ctrl+c (command+c on mac) to copy the code. Paste in the corresponding area. ( See “adding the code” section)
ADDING THE CODE
1-In the sidebar
In the wordpress backend go to appearance =>widgets. Scroll down to “text” under available widgets. Click on the “text” box and add it to the sidebar.
A “text” box will now appear under the “sidebar” section.
Make sure that you are in the “text” tab (not the visual) and paste your code. Click the save button and the ads will now display in the “text” box you have created in your sidebar.
2.in other widget areas outside of the sidebar
There are other widget areas that have been created like “bottom 1, bottom2, under header etc.” If you click on the box, it will describe to you where on your site that widget area exists. For example “bottom 4” is located below the instagram widget area. Bottom 4 spans the entire width of the bottom of the website. If we drag a “text” box there and input the code on the “text” tab, the ads will appear there. If you take that “text” box and place it in a different area like “under header” it will display there instead.
3.in a post
You can put the ads within a post or page as long as you paste the code into the “text” tab. Paste it where you want it to be displayed.
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